SANDGLASS THEATER’s When I Put On Your Glove is autobiographical show about a daughter inheriting her father’s art form, told through the puppets he gave her.
When I put On Your Glove is a piece about belonging, memory and inter-generational dialogue. It is a puppetry, dance and spoken narrative piece that explores a daughter’s relationship to her father’s work building upon a premise that puppets are containers of memory. In it, a daughter explores what it means for her to slip into her father’s art – and not just the form, but the actual pieces. This work addresses universal questions of belonging, childhood, fear of loss, death and the complicated nature of navigating generational artistic legacy. The passing of these puppets into new hands marks a pivotal moment of generational transition for Sandglass Theater. It is an engagement with what legacy means in the field of puppetry; how an art form endures and transforms as it is handed to the next generation; meeting the voice of the past with the voice of the present, and singing it into the future.
For ages 14 and up.
Credits
Performed and Created by Shoshana Bass
Creator of the original Autumn Portraits, Eric Bass
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Choreographed by Alison Mott
Sound design by Maria Pugnetti
Design and Construction by Ines Zeller Bass
Music by GlassDuo
About Sandglass Theater
Sandglass Theater, based in Putney, Vermont, is a renowned theater company specializing in combining puppets with music, actors, and visual imagery. They are dedicated to the arts of theater and puppetry as a means of exploring contemporary issues, inspiring dialogue, and sparking wonder. Sandglass Theater creates original ensemble performances and collaborations, presents diverse theater artists, and produces events that serve their communities.
Since 1982, the company’s productions have toured internationally in nearly 30 countries, performing in theaters, festivals and cultural institutions and winning numerous international prizes. Sandglass Theater produces works for both adult audiences and young audiences, and performs and teaches in its own renovated barn theater. Visit their website to learn more.
WHEN I PUT ON YOUR GLOVE is supported in part by an award from the Vermont Arts Council, and in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.
Thanks to sponsorship support from Rockland Harbor Hotel
